Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
New tank, new project
I just purchased a Clearseal tank 120x30x40, that I have been looking at for awhile as my old tank has become overstocked.
My plan is to move my bristlenoses to this one along with some neon tetras. I think the dimensions will fit well for the small plecos as I should be able to create loads of hidouts along the bottom.
This is how it looks now:
At first I was thinking about keeping it without a background so that the bamboo behind it can be seen but after seeing some brilliant photos here with black backgrounds I'm undecided, decisions decisions.
Not that exciting at the moment but I will update the thread as I go along.
Melander
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I don't think it will be too much of a problem with the the plecos, Im not moving any fish straight away.
I am running two pumps in the old tank especially for this, one will be transfered to the new one along with some gravel, bogwood, water, stones etc. It should cycle fast enough and they are all feeding well on veggies, but I will give it some time anyway.
Was planing on waiting until the bristlenoses has spawned and the eggs have hatchet before I move the parents, the female is gravid so it should not take too long, more convinient I suppose. I'll leave the old tank as a growout tank for the fry.
Melander
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Yeah they are lovely fish, plecos that you can actually see:P
The growing fast part cought me abit off guard, thought I had more time.
Melander
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Decided on a black background for now so I painted the back.
Started to build the "stand" for the tank using concrete blocks, wooden planks and a yoga mat, bamboo will be added to cover things up.
Installed lights.
Eventually I'll get there, its loads of fun so far even thou the progress is slow.
Melander
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My old Eheim filter, around 15 years old and still going strong:
Especially happy with this root:
Melander
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Melander
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@Stretnik:
The aquarium is in an office(hard to believe) and I'm not responsible for interior of the room just the tank, although it fits well i.m.o.
I looked up your mixed chiclids video and your fish looks great, don't know what you mean by your tank being untidy, bussy but nice bussy in my opinion. Just wait until I start to put fish into this one and we will see how tidy it will be:)
Sawed these ones up this evening by the way, not sure if I will use them or not in the long run but I will give them a try:
Melander
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My plan is to write a list of the species and amount I want in the tank and try my best to stick to it.
I actually managed not to buy some Ancistrus ranunculus the other day for the simple reason that they were not on the list. This is a fish that I would absolutely love to own but can't house at the moment.
Melander
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Certain:
20 x neon tetra (have 9)
3 x common Ancistrus (have these)
3 x L134
10 x nice cory that can take a bit of heat, was thinking C.gossei or C.sterbai
Candidates:
hatchetfish, if I can get a hold or build a lid for the tank, will ad something interesting to the top part of the tank.
Second tetra species, maybe Rummynose, Emperor or Black Phantom. Have heard that the Black Phantoms have an interesting breeding behaviour and will breed in a community tank which is a plus.
Dwarf Chichlid, would look nice but i'm sceptic as they might compete with the plecos for caves and bottom space.
Any suggestions would be appreciated! The only criterias are that the fish originate from South American and are peaceful.
Cheers, Melander
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